‘’ The PRINCIPLES of LEARNING’’

UNIT II

Prepared by: Allain

• WHAT IS MEANT BY

LEARNING?

• HOW and WHEN

CAN WE SAY THAT

SOMEONE has

LEARNED?

‘’IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO

LEARN, NO ONE CAN HELP

YOU.

IF YOU ARE WILLING TO LEARN,

NO ONE CAN STOP YOU’’.

-th?NK

PRINCIPLES OF LEARNINGFrom Horne and Pine

(1990)

• The principles of learning provide

additional insight into what makes people

learn most effectively. The principles have

been discovered, tested, and used in

practical situations.

• By knowing some principles on how

learning takes place, we will be guided

on how to teach.

1. LEARNING IS AN EXPERIENCE WHICH

OCCURS INSIDE THE LEARNER AND IS

ACTIVATED BY THE LEARNER.

NO ONE DIRECTLY TEACHES ANYONE

ANYTHING of SIGNIFICANCE…

‘’People LEARN

what they

WANT to

LEARN,

they SEE what

they WANT to

SEE,

and HEAR what

they WANT to

HEAR’’.

2. LEARNING IS THE DISCOVERY OF THE PERSONAL

MEANING AND RELEVANCE OF

IDEAS.

3. LEARNING (BEHAVIORAL CHANGE) IS

A CONSEQUENCE OF EXPERIENCE.

• People become responsible when they

have really assumed responsibility,

they become independent when they

have experienced independent

behavior, they become able when they

have experienced success, they begin

to feel important when they are

important to somebody, they feel like

someone likes them.

4. LEARNING IS A COOPERATIVE AND

COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.

COOPERATION FOSTERS LEARNING.

5. LEARNING IS A EVOLUTIONARY

PROCESS.

6. LEARNING IS SOMETIMES A

PAINFUL PROCESS

7. ONE OF THE RICHEST

RESOURCES OF LEARNING IS

THE LEARNER HIMSELF.

8. THE PROCESS OF LEARNING IS EMOTIONAL

AS WELL AS INTELLECTUAL.

9. THE PROCESS OF PROBLEM

SOLVING AND LEARNING ARE

HIGHLY UNIQUE AND

INDIVIDUAL.

‘’LEARNING WITHOUT THOUGH

IS A SNARE, THOUGHT

WITHOUT LEARNING IS A

DANGER’’

LAWS OF LEARNING

LAW OF EFFECT

Learning is strengthened when

accompanied by a pleasant or satisfying

feeling.

Learning is weakened when associated

with an unpleasant feeling.

Learning takes place properly when it

results in satisfaction and the learner

derives pleasure out of it.

By Thorndike (1932)

LAW OF EXERCICE

Things most often repeated are best

remembered.

Students do not learn complex tasks

in a singles session.

LAW OF READINESS

Individuals learn best when they are

physically, mentally and emotionally

ready to learn, and they do not learn

well if they see no reason for

learning

LAW OF PRIMACY

Things learned first create a strong

impression.

‘’What is TAUGHT must be RIGHT the FIRST

TIME’’.

To know the importance of ‘’Teaching what

is Right in the very beginning‘’

Click the Link below and Watch this Video…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXjE68-

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LAW OF RECENCY

Things most recently learned are

best remembered.

LAW OF INTENSITY

The more intense the material taught,

the more it is likely learned.

LAW OF FREEDOM

Thing freely learned are best

learned.

The greater the freedom enjoyed

by the students in the class, the

greater the intellectual and moral

advancement enjoyed by them.

‘’ANYONE WHO DARES TO

TEACH, MUST NEVER CEASE

TO LEARN’’

~th?NK